Not every new TV series starts with such a clear-cut sense of purpose that you can see precisely what idea got the network on board, but in the case of Pluribus , it boils down to a sentence: What if the body snatchers were right?

To be sure, it could have been any one of a handful of sentences, including “Vince Gilligan has a new idea” and “Rhea Seehorn is playing the lead.” But the show, whose first two episodes drop on Apple TV+ this Friday, has more to offer than the tantalizing prospect of reuniting the creator of Breaking Bad with the breakout co-star of Better Call Saul —namely that it brings Gilligan, who made his name with the paranormal sci-fi of The X-Files , back to the genre for the first time in more than 20 years.

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